Roy's View From... Pre-Match View From West Ham

[Roygbiv]

Pre-Match View From West Ham — The View From

“Don't like the look of this match “ “I can sense the tension in the crowd already...Hope we come out all guns blazing and nullify them before they get going” “I think it’s an absolute nailed on away win. We dont have the players for a good old fashioned battle, and that’s what this will

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[Gimli]

First?!

Cheers Roy!

Can’t wait to line up with our classic ‘2 banks of 4’

 

[Carlton Blade]

They're a happy bunch

 

[Beans]

"As much as I would like us to tear at them from the off and pulverise them, that is unlikely to happen against their two banks of four"

 

[Stretch]

Lol, shitting themselves.

If we get on top early with our press, the groans from the stands might just be enough to drown out the piped in cheering.

 

[Wards]

Quite measured on the whole and only one with a Tevez reference. I'm shocked.

 

[super_pig]

Pre-Match View From West Ham — The View From

“Don't like the look of this match “ “I can sense the tension in the crowd already...Hope we come out all guns blazing and nullify them before they get going” “I think it’s an absolute nailed on away win. We dont have the players for a good old fashioned battle, and that’s what this will

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two banks of four??
tevez thing was years ago. they seem more aggravated about it than we are / were.
other than that usual shit. on paper.. blah blah. don't like west ham. nothing to do with Tevez.
intesting how the narrative seems to be changing. at first it was 'they're going down' .. now it is 'they're going down next season when everyone has worked us out'

 

[Scooter_mcgavin]

Two banks of four.... eh.

"Great defensive record, but we haven't played 'them' yet" - No but we have played at least 5 teams that are better you fucking nimmer.

 

[Houston_Blade]

Some fair comments, some people will be offended by what they have said but I think it's actually complimentary:

• We are hard working and will not just sit and let them have the ball in dangerous areas.
• Our players will be up for the game.
• We won't score many goals this season.
• Our players on paper aren't as 'good' as theirs

On the flip side:

• 2 banks of four, since when?!
• Physical team? I wish we were a bit more physical at times.
• Tevez - only the coked up little kids in attendance will make a thing of this, the grown ups have hopefully moved on.

 

[Isar]

On the whole reasonable comments.
No surprises, they are respecting a tough game.

 

[Cappy]

Honestly I’d piss myself if a load of them had Tevez masks. That’d be quality banter

 

[snb69]

Are you sure you went on the West Ham forum? The comments seem very reasonable on the whole - it quite remarkable how quickly we've gone from nailed on relegation fodder to hard working & staying up

 

[JimmyMuir94]

Read somewhere that they have printed some Tevez masks to wear at the game. Bonkers.

 

[Paisley Blade]

Just popping out to put a 'funny' sticker on my bumper.

 

[SB_90]

only 3 mentions of tevez towards the bottom. im disappointed in west ham fans

 

[Blade for Sale]

Wow. I knew they'd had their soul ripped out but I didn't think they'd lost their heart at the same time.

 

[SwissBlade]

If every view from had been like that in the first Roygbiv view from season it would’ve lasted about a month before people got bored.

I was pretty sure that they would’ve come up with something more interesting and exciting than all that.

They have to be the most boring and dullest fans around based on that

 

[Mumbo]

I’m gutted about missing a cup final...
I’ll take the whippets out instead.

 

[TJB.]

“We’ve already played them since 2007. That was the time for the kids and easily pleased to get the Tevez thing out of their system. Doing it every time there’s a SUFC fixture is right up there with putting a “funny” sticker on your car’s bumper.”

This lad gets it. Gold star.

 

[gordoncharles]

Those comments are universally negative, which can happen when a team's on a poor run of form. But no happy clappers anywhere?

I assume I'm in a minority as I've nothing against West Ham in general, not even over the whole 2007 shenanigans because all fans are tribal and they were always going to defend that situation.

I'm a bit sympathetic, actually. They were convinced that their club should sell its soul and move out (their club made less than £9m profit on that ground sale), as it would take them into a different financial league, but since 2015-16 when they left Upton Park to 2017-18 when their last accounts were published their match day receipts have actually declined and their commercial income has only gone up by £5m. TV money is over two-thirds of their turnover.

Nothing has seemed to make up for it. They've got one of the most well regarded managers in the game with bags of Champions League experience (he took small clubs like Villarreal and Malaga to the semis and quarters of the CL) and a Premier League title, known throughout his career as trying to play football in an entertaining manner, and still they feel as empty as the Hillsborough trophy cabinet.

Of all the Views Froms this one's giving me the least reason to do a Nelson Muntz.

 

[BLADES1988]

Love it! That have absolutely NO idea how we play! Three points thank you please

 

[west_yorks_blade]

Numerous references to how physical we are and how we will kick them off the pitch. Fucking idiots.

Sorry - I mean Cheating fucking idiots.

 

[bibbity bobbity boo]

“Got to not be left baffled by them tactically. They seem like a team to me who will, eventually, be worked out in the Premier League. Once one manager really beats a new system, often the others learn from it. But I don’t think it’s happening any time soon.”

3 season and counting and so far no one has quite worked it out yet.

 

[Harry's Game]

I was expecting them to more bullish and confident than that.

They seem much more concerned about the Tevez stuff than any Blades I know.

 

[Houston_Blade]

Someone needs to post the bile that writes either pre or post game. That will be some bitter shite and much more amusing than a tepid forum.

 

[IOM Blade]

Similar to the Arsenal pre-match View From and they got it spot on.

 

[Speedracer]

Thanks Roy.

Yet another set of fans who are scared by our physicality & hard work, have they not worked out by now that if their own team is lacking that then they are being short changed?

 

[LoughboroBlade]

“Our manager will have done his homework.”

From his press conference it sounds like he got the 10 year old textbook from the library by mistake to do his homework from.

 

[pesch the mini genius]

cheers as always Roy /Andrew,
As Cw says , hard work and 100% effort should be a given for all players in all matches - the fact they are commenting allot about their lack of fight /desire /effort hopefully spells a long hard season for the golden boys of the FA.
if we apply oursleves as we know we do i am quietly confident we will pick up atleast a point there tomorrow , especially with our 9 at the back and our 'physical' side !!

.... seriously even our so called target man is built like a tall rake !

 

[flashinblade1889]

Cheers Royston

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